Rs.397.7 million fine imposed on power pilferers.

FAISALABAD -- The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) caught 3109 power pilferers during last 44 days and imposed a fine of over Rs.397.7 million for stealing electricity in various areas of the company during the ongoing special antipower theft drive. Spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Sunday that over 8.579 million detection units were charged. A sum of over Rs.217.8 million was also recovered from the default

ers. He said that 2996 cases were registered against power theft in various police stations whereas the police also arrested 2476 pilferers so far. He further said that the FESCO teams detected electricity theft at 1021 points in Faisalabad district and imposed a fine of Rs.129.4 million on them under the head of 2.775 million detection units.

In Jhang district, the FESCO teams caught 309 electricity thieves and imposed a fine of Rs.47.8 million under 1143,000 detection units. Similarly, 324 cases of electricity theft were detected in Bhakkar district and the company fined them Rs.42.6 million under...